座談会

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 座談会. Reading: ざだんかい. Core meaning: roundtable discussion.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: 三人の作家による座談会を開いた / 座談会の内容は次号の誌面に載る予定だ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A discussion among participants
  • 座談会 is a meeting where several participants discuss a topic relatively freely together. Distinguish it from a one-way lecture or an interviewer-led interview.